CALABAR (CONVERSEER) – Gunmen have abducted Mark Ofre Okwohe, a 400-level medical student of the University of Calabar (UNICAL), Calabar, Cross River State. According to human rights activist, Citizen Agba Jalingo, Okwohe was kidnapped on Sunday night. Though the details of his abduction are still sketchy, the Students’ Union Government (SUG) President, Comr. Blessing Alims…
OKRIKA (CONVERSEER) – A high-tension wire from an electric pole has killed one pregnant woman, a staff of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), and four other people in Okrika, Rivers State. According to The Nation, the incident happened at about 1:12 AM on Monday. The high-voltage wire cut and fell on a residential…
BAUCHI (CONVERSEER) – The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old man, Wisdom Benoie, for allegedly raping his 15-year-old stepdaughter in Yelwa Tsakani area of Bauchi metropolis. This was disclosed by CSP Ahmed Wakil, spokesperson on the command on Saturday, who noted that operatives attached to Operation Restore Peace (ORP) acted on credible intelligence,…
BERLIN (DPA, CONVERSEER) – More than one in five women in Germany experienced sexual violence as children, a study reported on Monday. The extent of the offences is “alarmingly high,” said Harald Dressing, a psychiatrist who authored the study for the Central Institute of Mental Health. Around 20.6% of women aged 18 to 59 are…
AKURE (CONVERSEER) – Suspected thugs allegedly hired by the mother of a student at Complete Child Development College, Aule, Akure, Ondo State, have reportedly beaten up the Vice Principal of the school, Mr Rotifa, for preventing exam malpractice during the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). According to a preliminary investigation by the…
COLORADO (CONVERSEER) – The United States Boulder terror attack suspect has been identified as Mohamed Sabry Soliman from Egypt. According to reports from Fox News, the Boulder terror suspect is an Egyptian national in the U.S. illegally as a visa overstay who entered the U.S. during the Joe Biden administration. Six people are currently in…
LAGOS (CONVERSEER) – A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos and presided over by Justices Yellim Bogoro and A. O. Owoeye, has convicted and sentenced11 Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. The convicts were arraigned by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of…
ENUGU (CONVERSEER) – The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, 29th May 2025, handed over four properties forfeited by Rainbownet Nigeria Limited, a company owned by a former governor of Enugu State, Chimaroke Nnamani, to the Asset Management Company of Nigeria (AMCON) in Enugu State. The properties are; one bungalow, one wire house…
Abuja (AFP) – Search teams fanned out Saturday from the epicentre of deadly flash flooding in Nigeria, the Red Cross said, as the death toll from heavy rains in the north-central market town of Mokwa topped 150. The sharp rise in the toll came as bodies were recovered nearly 10 kilometres (six miles) from the…
UYO (CONVERSEER) – Justice Maurine Adaobi of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo has convicted and sentenced Elijah Okwa Etenrulimre from Cross River State to three months imprisonment for offences bordering on criminal impersonation on the cyberspace. Etenrulimere was arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Directorate, on Thursday, 29th…
